Why Dandelions Need Flowers

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Did you know that dandelions don’t need pollinators? That they produce seeds asexually?

So why the flower, you say?

Well, James S. Miller, a botanist at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, answers that the “seed is produced in a flower. And there is no other place to produce a seed, so you still need the flower.”

I found this bit of information through a science news feed I subscribe to. Check out this link for the full answer. Its from the New York Times, so you may need to subscribe in order to read the article.